Meat-sacking machine.



No. 822,956. PATENTED JUNE 12, 1,906. G. T. KELLY.

MEAT SAOKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 27, 1904.

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C. T. KELLY. MEAT SAOKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 0GT.27, 1904,

UNITED warns PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES T. KELLY, OF HARRIMAN, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR TO D. M. SMALLMON AND THOMAS L. GATES, OF HARRIMAN, TENNESSEE.

MEAT-SACKING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ratentecl June 12, 19.06.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES T. KELLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harriman, in the county of Roane and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Meat-Sacking Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device adapted to hold meat and a sack into which the meat is to be placed and is provided with means for holding the sack in place, for tilting the movable platform upon which the meat rests,

. and for automatically releasing the sack after the meat has passed therein.

The object of the invention is to facilitate the sacking of meat; and it relates also to the construction of a portable meat-sacking machine adapted to be placed in position for use upon an ordinary pair of scales.

The invention consists of the novel features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, particularly pointed out in the claims, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in Which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the device in operation. Fig. 2 is a vertical side elevation. Fig. 3 is a vertical section, the parts being in elevation, showing the osition of the movable parts when the meatolding platform is tilted into an inclined position. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the platform. Fig. 5

- is a detail'sectional view of a portion of the platform, showing the construction of the sack-holding hooks.

In constructing my device I employ a base comprising the board A, held between two transverse end pieces A, and upon the base A is arran ed a standard B, braced by the brace-rods%3. The standard B is slotted intermediate its ends, as shown at B and above the slot is arranged a transverse bore B Metal plates 0 are secured upon opposite sides of the standard B and project above the same. The platform D is of any suitable construction, and I have shown it as an open frame formed of a plurality of timbers arranged transversely with respect to a second set of timbers. The platform D carries on its under face metal brackets D, each having an angled portion D which extends down and overlaps the plate 0, and a pivotin D passing through the upwardly-pro ecting portions of the plate 0, and the angled portions D of the brackets D pivotally connect the platform D to the standard B. The platform D also carries a segment E, formed on the arc of a circle having the pivot-pin D as its center. The segment E works through a slot B and upon each side of said slot carries projecting legs E, which act as stops and limit the tilting movement of the platform D. Brackets F are arranged upon one side of the standard and in these brackets slide the vertical bifurcated portion of an angled plate F, the said bifurcated portion straddling the segment E and when in its highest position engaging a notch E formed in the lower edge of the segment midway the legs E, thereby locking the platform D in a horizontal position. A lever G is pivoted adjacent the angled plate F and is twisted to form a foot-pedal G, and a link Gr connects the lever F with the outer free end of the.

plate F. A spring H is connected at one end to the free end portion of the plate F and at its opposite end to a bracket H, carried by the standard B.

Opposite side members of the platform D are slotted longitudinally, as shown at J, and in each of these slots is pivoted a lever J, having on its free end a T-head terminating at one end in a hook J and at the opposite end in a projection J Adjacent the T-head a curved slot J is formed, into which projects a stop-pin J placed vertically on the bottom of the slot J. The spring J normally holds the hook J 2 in a position projecting from the slot or recess J. The pulleys K are arranged between the said levers upon the front transverse timber or bar of the platform, and cords or wires J are connected to the projecting portions J of the levers J and are carried over the pulleys K and joined to a cable, cord, 'or wire J The cable J passes over a plurality of pulleys K, secured to opposite sides of the standard B, and also passes through the bore B formed in the standard B, and is connected at its rear end to an eye K carried by the rear member of the platform.

In use the device above described is placed upon a pair of ordinary scales and the meat to be sacked is placed on the platform D and V This swinging movement of the platform will draw the cable J rearwardly by reason of the elevation of the rear end of the platform, and the hooks J 2 will be drawn inwardly by the cords J, thus automatically releasing the sack from engagement with the said hooks. To return the parts to their normal position after being inclined, I show a weight L, carried. by the segment E adjacent the rear end of the platform.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the kind described comprising a tilting platform, outwardly-projecting hooks carried by the said platform, means for locking the platform against tilting movement, and means for automatically drawing the hooks inwardly when the platform is tilted.

2. A device of the kind described comprising a slotted standard, a platform pivotally connected to the standard, a segment carried by the platform and working in the slot of the standard, means for looking the said segment against movement, and means for automatically returning the segment to its normal position after each movement of the platform.

3. A device of the kind described comprising the platform adapted to be tilted into an inclined position, pivoted hook members carried by the platform, means for automatically actuating said hook members upon movement of the platform and means for automatically returning the platform to a horizontal position.

v 4. A device of the kind described comprising a standard, a platform pivotally connected to the upper end of the standard, the said standard beingslotted, a segment carried by the platform and working through the slot, stop-legs carried by the segment on opposite sides of the standard, the said segment being notched intermediate the legs, a spring-actuated movable plate adapted to engage said notch, means for withdrawing the plate from engagement with the notch, hooks carried by the platform and means for automatically returning the platform to a horizontal position.

5. A device of the kind described compris- 

